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  1. 5. A tree that Solomon requested of King Hiram for use in construction of the temple and for making harps and stringed instruments (1 Kings 10:11, 12, King James Version)
  2. 6. A constelation, or group of stars. (Amos 5:8)
  3. 7. Month of Jesus birth
  4. 9. By means of this standard Hebrew weapon, Phinehas pierced through both Zimri and Cozbi and brought a halt to the scourge that killed 24,000 Israelites on the Plains of Moab (Numbers 25:6-15)
  5. 11. Isaac camped here
  6. 13. Seventh letter of the Greek alphabet
  7. 14. He told King Ahasuerus about the 50-cubit stake that Haman had made for Mordecai, thus prompting the king to have Haman hanged on it (Esther 7:9)
  8. 15. Offspring (Job 18:19)
  9. 17. Because of Abigail’s sensibleness, David avoided this rash act [3 words] (1 Samuel 25:31)
  10. 18. Two were needed to support each of the tabernacle’s panel frames [2 words] (Exodus 26:19)
  11. 19. This intercalary month was added seven times in 19 years
  12. 21. The king who threw Daniel into the lions’ pit (Daniel 6:9, 16)
  13. 24. Alternate expression used in the Bible to indicate birds [2 words] (Genesis 1:26)
  14. 25. They were among “the finest products of the land” that Jacob’s sons brought as a gift when they returned to buy food in Egypt [2 words] (Genesis 43:11)
  15. 26. A site in Judah where descendants of Judah’s son Shelah resided (1 Chronicles 4:22)
  16. 27. Figuratively speaking, it is said that Jehovah can measure “the waters” within this [4 words] (Isaiah 40:12)
  17. 29. Rahab requested this from the spies she had hidden [2 words] (Joshua 2:12)
  18. 30. A postexilic ancestor of Jesus Christ in the line of his earthly mother, Mary (Luke 3:25)
  19. 32. One can last 24 hours, 1,000 years, or much longer (Genesis 5:1; 2 Peter 3:8)
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  1. 1. Used to protect cities (Numbers 32:17)
  2. 2. This third king of the ten-tribe kingdom of Israel usurped the throne after killing his predecessor, Nadab (1 Kings 15:27, 28)
  3. 3. When Abraham purchased the cave of Machpelah from Ephron the Hittite for 400 silver shekels, he intended to use it as this [2 words] (Genesis 23:17,19, 20)
  4. 4. Because of their position deep in the body, these organs are used in the Bible to represent one’s deepest thoughts and emotions (Revelation 2:23)
  5. 8. 4 Drachmas
  6. 10. Hebrew word for soul, or a breathing creature
  7. 11. What is the meaning of Michael or Micah (4 words)
  8. 12. Influential group of Jewish leaders who conspired to have Jesus executed [3 words] (Matthew 26:3)
  9. 16. The advantage given to one over another (Exodus 23:3)
  10. 20. A time mentioned in scripture [2 words] (Zephaniah 2:4)
  11. 22. A book of the Bible was writen on this island.
  12. 23. Grandson of Esau and sheikh of Edom (Genesis 36:17
  13. 28. Some Bible manuscripts render this as “the Ethiopians” or “Ethiopia” (Habakkuk 3:7)
  14. 29. One of the seven sons of Noah’s son Japheth (Genesis 10:2)
  15. 31. The Bible book which contains the prophecy of Jesus being born in Bethlehem